In a message dated 29/01/2007 2:37:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

My dear  and good friend Frank! on those picture, do the o-ring look  cooked?
http://www.benplace.com/bjp_head2/head3_003.jpg
http://www.benplace.com/bjp_head2/head3_004.jpg

No,  same for 90% of the van i do, BUTTTTT, i fully agree with you on
replacing  those wile there. This is why when you push back the sleeve in,
MAKE SURE  they are not comming out again wile doing another  cylinder!!!

Well, at least I'm still your good friend !  I  would hate to go to Zamora
with an enemy (:-))
Your just LUCKY to have found engines with soft, supple cylinder bottom
0-rings.  Like I said, none of the engines I've taken apart were.   So......even
if they were soft and resilient enough to seal again, how would you  know that
until you have a look, measure them against a new one, what ?   Are you a
gambling man ?  Not me, I've been bitten in the ass far too many  times and have
learned the Murphy Law long ago, If it can go bad it WILL !   So.....just
change the 0-ring and be happy, happy, happy !   AND, if  that does not make you
happy, I have a few good bottles of genuine Mexican  Tequila here, not the kind
of stuff you get at the Canadian Liqueur stores  either.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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